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The kernel OOM killer terminates the container, logged as OOMKilled.
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The cgroup OOM (Out of Memory) killer terminates the container's process. Docker captures this and marks the container as exited with an OOM error. If the container has a restart policy, Docker restarts it — potentially in a loop if the memory limit is genuinely too small. Increase the limit or optimize the app's memory use.
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